| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062241000 | Utilizing motion of vehicle | 10 |
| 20080250804 | Hydrogen Tank Cooling Device and Cooling Method in Hydrogen Fuel Automobile, and Hydrogen Fuel Automobile - A hydrogen fuel automobile has a heat medium passage through which a heat medium which can exchange heat with a drive portion and can be supplied to a heat medium pipe for a hydrogen tank flows. An air cooling apparatus has a compressor for compressing a refrigerant gas, a condenser, an evaporator and a refrigerant circuit. The hydrogen fuel automobile is provided with a bypass passage which branches from the refrigerant circuit so that expanded refrigerant liquid detours the evaporator so as to be drawn into the compressor. A switch portion can switch between a state where the refrigerant liquid passes through the evaporator so as to be drawn into the compressor and a state where the refrigerant liquid detours the evaporator so as to flow through the bypass passage. The hydrogen storage material cooling portion cools the hydrogen storage material in the hydrogen tank using the refrigerant liquid that flows through the bypass passage. Accordingly, the time for filling the tank with hydrogen can be made short in comparison with a case where the radiator and the fan mounted in the automobile are used to cool the hydrogen tank when the tank is being filled with hydrogen. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080302119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING REFRIGERATED AIR WITHIN A VEHICLE - A system for refrigerating ambient air flowing into a moving racing vehicle and delivering it to the passenger compartment, such as through the driver seat, into a helmet, driver's suit, and/or other locations within the cockpit to mitigate the effects of excessive heat, or to cool mechanical or electrical components of the vehicle. The system includes a coolant container unit, such an insulated cooler having inflow and outflow ports connected to a delivery conduit system, that receives fresh air from the vehicle's air intake system and directs it through a conduit system, such as coiled cooper tubing which is surrounded by an endothermic material dry ice (CO | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080314060 | Combined Cabin Air and Heat Exchanger RAM Air Inlets For Aircraft Environmental Control Systems, and Associated Methods of Use - Aircraft environmental control systems having a single ram air inlet providing air to both cabin air compressors and associated heat exchangers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, and environmental control system for use with an aircraft includes a ram air inlet, an air conditioning pack, and an associated heat exchanger. In this embodiment, the ram air inlet provides a first portion of air to the air conditioning pack, and a second portion of air to the associated heat exchanger. The first portion of air flows from the air conditioning pack and through the heat exchanger before flowing into an aircraft cabin. The second portion of air from the ram air inlet cools the first portion of air in the heat exchanger before exiting the aircraft through a ram air outlet. The inlet and outlet can be modulated on an optimized schedule to minimize the net drag of the ram system. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110016900 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a cooling system for a motor vehicle. One embodiment comprises a visor apparatus that includes an exterior visor having an inner face, and an opposite outer face, and a heat exchanger attached to the inner face of the exterior visor. The heat exchanger has an inlet and an outlet. An exchange bed is in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. A cooling system circuit is located within the motor vehicle and is in fluid communication with the inlet and the outlet. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120023991 | ONBOARD VEHICLE COMPRESSION STORAGE SYSTEM - A system, including a motion-driven air compressor, configured to compress air in response to motion of a vehicle, and an air storage enclosure configured to store a compressed air from the motion-driven air compressor, wherein the system is configured to deliver the compressed air to a vehicle subsystem to decrease a cost of operating the vehicle. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130152615 | SMALL-SIZE AND LIGHT-WEIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT FOR AIRCRAFT-EXTERNAL STORES - An environmental control apparatus includes (A) a condensation air flow loop in which a fan driven when the aircraft is moved on the ground or flies performs a thermal exchange with a condenser of a cooling/heating flow loop; (B) the cooling/heating flow loop, including an evaporator, a compressor configured to have a rotating shaft coupled to the shaft of a ram air turbine, a condenser configured to perform a thermal exchange by the condensation air flow loop, and an expansion valve configured to expand the refrigerant condensed by the condenser, wherein the evaporator, the compressor, the condenser, and the expansion valve are interconnected by a refrigerant circulation line; (C) an air circulation loop for circulating and supplying cooled or heated air to a camera/electronic unit so that the camera/electronic unit maintains a constant temperature; and (D) a controller for controlling the driving of the elements in each of the loops. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140047856 | FORWARD MANIFOLD - A manifold for an air conditioning machine includes a housing with an internal structure defining a first plenum, a second plenum, and a duct. The housing further includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first end mounting face, a second end mounting face, a top sidewall, and a bottom sidewall. The housing also includes a first inlet to the first plenum, a first outlet from the first plenum, a second inlet to the second plenum, a second outlet to the second plenum, a third inlet to the duct, and a third outlet to the duct. The manifold also includes a plurality of windows, a plurality of doublers, a plurality of lugs, and a plurality of flanges. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20150307195 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING SHOESTRING CYCLE TO MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY - An environmental control system comprising that utilizes recirculation air. The environmental control system includes an inlet configured to supply bleed air at a first energy from a source to the environmental control system, where the environmental control system supplies the bleed air at a second energy to a chamber. The environmental control system also includes an air cycle machine comprising a compressor and a turbine, where the air cycle machine receives the recirculation air from the chamber and the recirculation air is bleed air at a third energy flowing from the chamber to the air cycle machine. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160047358 | TURBINE NOZZLE WITH RELIEF CUT - A turbine nozzle for an air cycle machine includes a disk having a central axis and a plurality of airfoils extending from a surface of the disk. The plurality of airfoils is arranged radially about the disk section to direct a flow of a fluid passing thereby. A relief cut adjacent the airfoils, wherein the relief cut provides a channel in a least a portion of the surface of the disk. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160159373 | COOLING AERAULICS DEVICE FOR A RAIL VEHICLE ELEMENT AND CORRESPONDING RAIL VEHICLE - A cooling aeraulics device is for cooling an element of a rail vehicle. The aeraulics device is designed to be placed on a roof of the rail vehicle and includes a conduit, which extends substantially longitudinally in relation to the rail vehicle. The conduit includes, successively, a front portion equipped with a front opening for the intake of air, a central portion, in which is housed the element to be cooled, and a rear portion, equipped with a rear opening for the discharge of exhaust air. A surface of a transverse cross-section of the conduit evolves, from the front opening to the rear opening, so as to generate an acceleration of the flow of air in the conduit through the Venturi effect. | 06-09-2016 |
